Leweb 10 I was at the office this week and had the opportunity to watch a big part of the Leweb 10 conference program, which was streamed online. It must be said, Leweb just rocks, offering everyone to join the...
Acceptation of the LMS by the secondary school teacher After 2 years of collecting data, I finally got to a more exciting point in my PhD: analyzing the data and publishing the results.
In my first study, we search for reasons behind the technology acceptation...
Hooray, a new MOOC is born: #PLENK2010 I started this blog almost a year ago, when I followed my first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): CCK09. From this week on a new MOOC, PLENK 2010, will be facilitated by George Siemens, Stephen Downes,...
Today, I had the privilege to attend an internet conference in my hometown. The line-up was quite impressive, but 3 speakers were outstanding: Jeremy Keith, Gary Vaynerchuck and James Bridle. I made some notes and grabbed some videos that are shared by the conference organizers.
“The web does forget on what you stay or do.” Read: don’t be afraid about Google of Facebook.
“Storing information on a long term is a problem.” Keith’s advice: DIY (hosting), ‘open’ rules (format, data) and use a liberal policy (Creative Commons).
I was at the office this week and had the opportunity to watch a big part of the Leweb 10 conference program, which was streamed online. It must be said, Leweb just rocks, offering everyone to join the party from their office chairs.
If you’re not familiar with Leweb, they bring the hottest entrepreneurs, investors and media personalities of the internet on stage. This year, my two favorite talks were a bit more off topic. They have been labeled as “TED“-talks and I agree on that.
The first talk I liked was by Dr. Bertrand Piccard from Solar Impulse. His grandfather made the first ascents into the stratosphere, his father made the deepest dive ever and Betrand himself was the first to fly around the world in a balloon. His next project is even more challenging; fly around the world in a solar airplane. I admire people like him a lot, their drive and belief to change the world. They just do it:
The second talk was given by Ariel Garten, CEO of Interaxon. Her company is all about thought controlled computing. I was stunned about the possibilities their technology can offer: from a greater gaming experience to a medical revolution for those sitting in a wheelchair. I have to say, Ariel made me think of a character in a fairy tale, but she and her technology are not fiction but reality. Have a look at this great technology:
After 2 years of collecting data, I finally got to a more exciting point in my PhD: analyzing the data and publishing the results.
In my first study, we search for reasons behind the technology acceptation of learning management systems (LMS) by secondary school teachers and also investigate the instructional use of the LMS. I ‘ve been writing 2 conference papers about it and they are submitted to international conferences. My first scientific article is almost ready to be submitted. If they get accepted, the results will be available… somewhere next summer.
So unfortunately, I can’t publish lots of details already, but I did publish my first international conference presentation on Slideshare.
I started this blog almost a year ago, when I followed my first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): CCK09. From this week on a new MOOC, PLENK 2010, will be facilitated by George Siemens, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop and Dave Cormier. PLENK 2010 stands for “Personal Learning Environments Networks and Knowledge 2010″.
I’m especially interested in weeks 2 topic “contrasting personal learning with institutional learning”. More specifically the question: is a PLE the opposite of an LMS, or can it be part of it? Just in case you don’t know, my PhD research is about the use of LMSes (also known as VLE or ELO) in secondary schools.
My focus on the LMS topic is one of the main reasons I guess, why this MOOC will be different for me then the previous one. I have this one niche domain now I will focus on. Other reasons are the fact I did CCK09 for credits (Belgian PhD requirements) and I was a MOOC newbie last year. To conclude: I will focus and scan this time, instead of drowning.
If you want to follow the course, you can still subscribe. If you just want to lurk, you can choose between the daily newsletter, the Moodle course, all sorts of online publications tagged #plenk2010 or my favorite (non-official) channel: the #PLENK2010 Daily.
One of the definite pro’s of being a teacher (or lecturer in general), is learning together with your students. I already gave 2 presentations on PLE’s in a conference setting, received lots of interesting feedback, and will give my last and definite one tomorrow. The last one because I want to move on and explore new paths (unless someone really wants me to present it again).
During my previous workshop, a participant suggested to incorporate my own PLE as an example. That’s why I decided to make a Prezi presentation. It’s my first Prezi ever, so don’t expect a spectacular effect.
On the 6th of march 2010, a very interesting TEDx took place in New York on: ‘the role of new media and technology in shaping the future of education’. The event was streamed live, but unfortunately, I missed it. But good for us, all TEDx conferences are made available on YouTube afterward.
